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  • State Senate passes bill combating predatory debt collection

    State Senate passes bill combating predatory debt collection

    In the years since the Great Recession, the Attorney General’s office has received approximately 1,300 complaints a year about the growing debt collecting industry, according to a press release by State Senator James’ Eldridge’s office. Debt collectors often seek to collect money consumers do not owe, or make errors about the actual amount of money…